Tonight in L.A.: Dirty Penni Fest, the Horrors, Unscene Fest
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Also on Sunday: Snail Mail, Reggae Night XVII, Carah Faye, Sabbat, Kerry Hart, Particle, Young Dolph, Everclear
Also on Sunday: Snail Mail, Reggae Night XVII, Carah Faye, Sabbat, Kerry Hart, Particle, Young Dolph, Everclear
Incoming: Agenda Festival, Chinatown Summer Nights, Dirty Penni Fest, Rod Stewart, Baths, Albert Hammond Jr., Max Frost, Vampire Weekend, Kadhja Bonet, Gavin Turek, Freddie Gibbs, Years & Years, Janelle Monae, Dan Sadin, the Regrettes, SiR, Magic Giant, Fishbone, EasyFriend, Dam-Funk, Goon, Cold Cave, Smokey Robinson, Snail Mail, the Horrors
The inaugural Spaceland Block Party goes off Sept. 16-17 in downtown Los Angeles with a lineup of hip-rock, rock, pop and folk.
Your very busy Wednesday: ‣ Singer-songwriter Andrew McMahon, formerly a principal in Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin, is now operating under the moniker Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, and this week he released an album with that title. Tonight, McMahon headlines the Fonda Theatre in celebration of that release, with Hunter Hunted and Junior Prom […]
Incoming: Moon Block Party (Spoon, BRMC, Band of Skulls, Black Angels, Black Lips), Culture Collide (Cloud Nothings, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Nina Persson), Broods, David Bazan, Gerard Way, Will Hoge, Meiko, Jessie J, Catfish & the Bottlemen, Kate Boy, Andrew McMahon, the Horrors, SBTRKT, Fujiya & Miyagi, Walk the Moon, Eddie Cohn, Russian Red, […]
Happy May Day: ‣ They’ve got game – Tokyo Police Club has a new album, “Forcefield” (their fourth) and a new video game by the same name (do battle with asteroids here). Tonight they visit the Echoplex, supported by Geographer and Said the Whale. Above, the band’s video-game-themed video for “Hot Tonight.” ‣ As part of […]
Wednesday’s shows – are we spoiled, or what? ‣ Tonight is about all things Miike Snow. The Swedish/American indie-pop mind-meld of Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt is riding high after the late-March release of their second album, the eclectic “Happy to You,” and their set Saturday night at Coachella was bonkers. They do […]
I’ll remember 2011 as a year with more good music than I had time to devote to it. Because my primary focus is music emerging from SoCal – and because there was so much of it this year – I found myself taking only passing interest in many hyped albums … and not finding a […]
Your picks for Tuesday: ‣ Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe goes off with Nik Freitas, the Sister Ruby Band, Ben Heywood of Summer Darling and Adeline & the Philistines. The festivities start at 9; details here. ‣ We Are Augustines, the new project from Pela’s Billy McCarthy and Eric Sanderson […]
Happy Monday .. no, I really mean that: ‣ Louisiana-based quintet Givers bring the exuberant pop off their debut album “In Light” to the Troubadour – it’s their second swing through L.A. in three months (they were good at the Bootleg in June), and this time they’ll get to do the Jimmy Kimmel Show (on […]